Acute Malnutrition and Anemia Among Rohingya Children in Kutupalong Camp, Bangladesh

JAMA. 2018 Apr 10;319(14):1505-1506. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.2405.

Authors

Eva Leidman¹, Alexa Humphreys², Blanche Greene Cramer¹, Leonie Toroitich-Van Mil², Caroline Wilkinson³, Anuradhha Narayan⁴, Oleg Bilukha¹

Affiliations

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Action Against Hunger, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ United Nations Children's Fund, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Abstract

This survey study assesses the health and nutritional status of Rohingya children aged 6 to 59 months in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh.

MeSH terms

Anemia / ethnology*
Bangladesh / epidemiology
Body Size
Child Nutrition Disorders / ethnology*
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diet*
Female
Food, Fortified
Humans
Infant
Male
Malnutrition / ethnology
Myanmar / ethnology
Prevalence
Refugee Camps
Refugees*